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Koopa is a parser generator designed for COBOL. The COBOL parser can handle source files in isolation (no preprocessing required) and doesn't mind the presence of CICS/SQL fragments. The grammar is ...

At the heart of this story lies COBOL, a programming language that has been Social Security's backbone for decades. COBOL, or Common Business Oriented Language, was developed in the 1950s and has ...

Part of the confusion comes from Social Security's software system based on the COBOL programming language, which has a lack of date type. This means that some entries with missing or incomplete ...

Languages: English. Discussions of Social Security Administration (SSA) fraud from Elon Musk have prompted criticism over the federal government's use of COBOL, a software system that critics ...